Flier for spinning machines



y 2, 1940. H. E. HERR 2,206,565

FLIER FOR SPINNING MACHINES Filed Jan. 24, 1959 Rv-enfog Patented July 2, 1940 I i 2,206,565

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLIER FOR SPINNING MACHINES I Harvey E. Herr, Bufialo, N. Y,, assignor to Herr Manufacturing Company, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 24, 1939, Serial No. 252,692

2 Claims. (01. 57-416) This invention relates generally to improve- Figure 2, the vertical webs serving to deflect or ments in the fliers employed in connection with spring such ends of the wires laterally to hold spinning machines. and firmly anchor them in the retaining loops 23.

It has for its object to provide a flier of this As shown in Figure 2, the wire-retaining loops character which is so designed as to assure a extend substantially the full length of the spider- 5 fixed distance of the outer or overhanging eyearms and terminate approximately at or just containing portion of the flier wire from its point short of the outer edges of Such r s, thereby of attachment to the flier-base, whereby to elimpr viding for a maximum retention of the flierinate the bend of the wire beyond the breaking Wires therein. For a given-sized flier, these stress during'the spinning operation. wires are made of a certain length and the 10 Another object of the invention is to mount length of the retaining 1001 8 vary with the the flier wires in a predetermined definite relalength of the flier wires in a definite predetertion on the flier base so as to positively eliminate mined e t o 01 proportion so that the overbreakage of the wires during the spinning operahanging ends of the wires, that is, the unretion and thereby eflect a material saving in time tained ends thereof extending from the outer. 15 and expense caused from such break-downs. e of the loops 23 ch a e Subject to bend- In the accompanying drawing: ing or tension strains during the spinning op- Figure 1 is a fragmentary front view of a poreration, are of the same length. This definite tion of a spinning machine showing the imrelationship is predetermined from the breaking go proved flier applied thereto. Figure 2 is an enstress of the wire used and the length of the larged top plan view of the flier and associated overhanging ends of the flier Wires is such that bobbin. Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical longithe breaking stress is never reached during the tudinal section taken on line 3-3, Figure 2. pinning operation of the flier, here y ina Similar characters of reference indicate c0ring breakage of the W s When run ing and. the

g5 responding parts throughout the several views. attending time and expense of the subsequent Referring now t th d a i in indicates operations required in remedying such a breakthe revolving spindle of a spinning machine, H down.

the bobbin mounted thereon and having a recess I claim as my invention: :2 in its top containing an inverted cup-like A fl r f r sp n es, mpr s member l3 having an opening l4 therein. a bea member, a wire base including oppo- 30 The flier shown in the drawing, by way of i elyisposed arms applied to said bearing example, is of the eccentric type and consists member and having retaining loops extending of an attaching sleeve or barrel 15 adapted to substantially the f length of Such arms, and be fitted over the bobbin-spindle and terminatflier Wires having their inner ends anchored in ing at its lower end in an eccentrically-shaped Said loops, those ends of the flier wires extendflange i5 adapted to be passed through the cup ing beyond the base being of a constant length opening is during the application and removal predetermined from the breaking stress of such of the flier to and from the spindle. Rotatably wires, whereby .such wires are not subject to mounted on this sleeve is a bearing member I! breakage when tensioned during the spinnin 4 to which a base plate or spider I8 is connected operation. and on which the flier wires I9, 20 are detach- 2. A flier for spinning machines, comprising a ably mounted. The base plate is provided about bearing member, and a W e applied to said the bearing member with an annular groove 2| bearing member and having substantially radiin which is disposed a rotatable locking ring 22. ally-disposed retaining loops thereon for receiv- Stamped from the base plate at opposite. sides ing the inner portions of the flier wires, said 4 of its axis are substantially radially-extending loops varying in length with the length of such wire-retaining loops 23 which are adapted to wires in predetermined relation so as to leave receive the shanks of the flier wires. At its diathe unretained, flexing portions of the wires of metrically opposite sides the locking ring has a constant length, such length being .predetervertically-offset webs or flanges 24 which serve mined in relation to the breaking stress of the 50 to bend the inner ends 25 of the flier wires Wires.

laterally in the locked position thereof shown in HARVEY E. HERB. 

